Monday, January 31, 2011

I am a Birthday Scrooge of sorts....

This year, like many years in the past, I take my birthday day off.  It makes me feel very uncomfortable for people to tell me "Happy Birthday!"  Frankly, as I approach my 5*th birthday, I'd rather be 45.  I should be happy I am alive etc. and feel blessed for having all that I have.  I am, I just don't want to be told I need to be a certain way on "my day".   So with that, I do love it when other people have birthdays.  I like to celebrate their specialness.  In celebration of my birthday this week, I'll be featuring other people's birthdays, cuz without them, I would have no reason to be creative!!  Happy Birthday! Everyone else!

Friday, January 28, 2011

TGIF

I purchased a house this summer and it has monopolized almost every weekend.  I have loved almost every minute of it.  What I love is, I've taken a plain house and added a lot of me to it.  That's how I like to live my life.  You can do a job, but you have to add a piece of yourself to it or it's just a job.  Since the weather has been nice here in California the past couple of weeks, I am slowly but surely finishing the landscaping.  Believe it or not, it has been way too muddy in parts of my yard to do anything.  So today I am looking forward to two days of yard work.  I've got to get it done so when that avalanche of orders for cards come, I'll be ready!

Thursday, January 27, 2011

First card

I have found that making cards is therapeutic along with being rewarding.  So deep, I know.  This first card which was made about 8 years ago, was my attempt to tell my then boyfriend that I was ready to let him into my world and possibly my heart.  I think I make cards to show people how I really feel about them, because for some reason the words or the hugs don't come easily to me.  So I will continue to be just the way I am because it's working for me....

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Where do I begin.....

This is the next step in sharing my quirky gift with the....should I say world?  I've been making cards since I was a young girl.  I should dig them up and take some pictures of them and give myself and good laugh.  I'd like to make some money doing what I like to do....creatively enhancing people using their pictures and glue, paper and a few embellishments.  Life is my muse....